- A-MPDU, Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit, containing multiple MPDUs
- A-MSDU, Aggregate MAC Service Data Unit, containing multiple MSDUs
- ACL, Access Control Lists
- AKM, Authentication and Key Management
- ATIM, Announcement Traffic Indication Message
- BIP, Broadcast/Multicast Integrity Protocol
- BSS, Basic Service Set
- CAC, Channel Available Check
- CCMP, Counter Mode Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol, Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol, CCM mode protocol
- CF, Contention Free
- CQM, Connection Quanlity Monitor
- DFS, Dynamic Frequency Selection
- DS, Direct Spectrum
- EIRP, Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
- ERP, Extended Rate PHY
- FH, Frequency Hopping
- FT, Fast Transition
- GTKSA, Group Temporal Key Security Association
- IBSS, Independent BSS, Ad-hoc network
- IE, Information Element
- LLID, Mesh Local Link Identifier
- PLID, Mesh Peer Link Identifier
- MAC, Medium Access Control
- MCS, Modulation and Coding Scheme
- MPDU, MAC Protocol Data Unit
- MPP, Mesh Proxy Path
- MSDU, MAC Service Data Unit
- NDP, Null Data Packet
- NAN, Neighborhood Area Network
- OCB, Outside the Context of a BSS
- P2P, Peer to Peer
- PLCP, Physical Layer Convergence Procedure
- PMK, Pairwise Master Key
- PMKSA, Pairwise Master Key Security Assicoation
- PPDU, PLCP Protocol Data Unit
- PTKSA, Pairwise Transient Key Security Association
- QBSS, QOS enhanced Basic Service Set
- REG, Regulatory Domain
- RSN, Robust Security Network
- TDLS, Tunneled Direct Link Setup
- TIM, Traffic Indication Map
- TKIP, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
- TPC, Transmit Power Control
- TS, Traffic Stream
- WDS, Wireless Distribution System
- WEP, Wired Equivalent Privacy
- WOWLAN, Wake-on-Wireless LAN
- WPS, Wi-Fi Protected Setup